Vesa Vainio to continue as Chairman of UPM Board of Directors


At the assembly meeting of UPM-Kymmene Corporation's Board of Directors, Mr Vesa
Vainio was re-elected as Chairman, and Mr Jorma Ollila and Mr Berndt Brunow were
elected as Vice Chairmen.
                                                      
In addition, the Board of Directors elected from its members an Audit Committee
with Mr Michael C. Bottenheim as Chairman, and Ms Wendy E. Lane and Veli-Matti
Reinikkala as members. A Human Resources Committee was elected with Mr Berndt
Brunow as Chairman, and Mr Georg Holzhey, Ms Ursula Ranin and Ms Françoise
Sampermans as members. Furthermore, a Nomination and Corporate Governance
Committee was elected with Mr Jorma Ollila as Chairman, and Mr Karl Grotenfelt
and Mr Georg Holzhey as members. 

UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Pirkko Harrela
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications

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